Shoplifting, unethical consumer behaviour, and personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 878-883

  Egan, Vincent ^a   Taylor, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Personality; Shoplifting; Theft; Unethical consumer behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950338813     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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